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PATENT ADAM G. MINGES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE'TIIIRD TOJOHN H. ZIVARTS, OF SAME PLACE.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,163, dated'May 17,18187.

Application filed February 16, 1887. Serial No. 297,807. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM G. MIN'GEs, of the city of St. Louis, inthe-State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Stock-(Jars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in which- Figure I is a side elevation,part in longitudinal vertical section, of my improved car. Fig. II is atransverse'horizontal section on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an endview. Fig. IV is a transverse vertical section through the car, showingthe upper floor in its folded position. Fig. V is a similar view showingthe floor down in using position. Fig. VI is an enlarged detail view ofthe central hanger. Fig. VII is an enlarged detail view illustrating themanner of moving the euds'of the upper troughs, and showing one of theupper troughs folded, this section being taken on line VII VII, Fig. IX.Fig. VIII is a similar view showing the trough opened, this sectionbeing taken on line VIII VIII, Fig. IX. Fig. IX is an enlarged detailsection taken on line IX IX, Fig. VIII. Fig. X is a similar view takenon line X X, Fig. VIII. Fig. XI is a transverse section taken on line XIXI, Fig. I. Fig. XII is an enlarged detail section taken just above oneof the lower troughs, and showing the trough opened, this figureillustrating the manner of adjusting the end of one of the troughs.Figs. XIII and XIV are detail sections taken on line XIII XIV, Fig. XII,Fig. XIII showing the parts in the po sition they assume when the troughis closed or folded, and Fig. XIV the position the parts assume when thetrough is opened. Fig. XV is an enlarged detail perspective view, illustrating the. connection between the end and folded side of one of thetroughs.

My invention relates to certain improve ments in stoclccars; and myinvention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described,and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the body of a stock-car, havinga door, 2. The bottom of the car is formed of alower floor, 3, and anupper floor, 4. (See Figs. IV, V, XIII, and XIV.) At one or both of thelower corners of the car there is a feed and watering trough. Ihaveshown one at each corner, and each consists of a vertical side, 5,located against the side wall of the car, this side being divided intotwo parts, each part running from an end of the car to that side of thedoor. Each part is rigidly secured to the side of the car, and remainspermanently in place. The other side of the car is indicated by thefigure 6, and is arranged to fold down from the position shown in Fig. Vto the position shown in Fig. IV. This side extends from end to end of.the car, and when the stock is passing in or out through the door isfolded down, as shown in Fig. IV. It is hinged so as to fold by means ofpintles, 7, at each end, which, re spectively, enter slots 8 in the ends9 of the trough, (see Fig. XV,) where the parts are shown disconnected.As a means for raising this side of the trough I have shown cords orchains 10, which are secured at their upper ends to the upper edge ofthe side, and which pass over pulleys 11 and are secured by their lowerends to a shaft, 12, running lengthwise of the ear. On this shaft 12(see Figs. IV and V) is a pinion, 13, into which meshes aworm,

14, on a transverse shaft, 15, provided with a hand-wheel, 16, on itsouter end. It will thus be seen that when the shaft 15 is turned in theproper direction the side will be elevated or raised to form the innerwall or side of the trough, and when the hand-wheel is turned in theother direction the side will be allowed to fall down, as shown in Figs.IV and XIII.

To insure a tight joint between the side 6 and the part 4 of the floor,against the edge of which the'side 6 opens, I secure to the edge of thepart4 an elastic strip, 17, as shown in Figs. XIII and XIV, so thatwhen. the side 6 is raised this strip 17 will form a water-tight jointbetween the side and the part I of the bottom of the car. When the side6 of each trough is raised, the ends 9 may be adjusted up tight againstthe sides 5 6 by means of a screw, 18,which passes through the end ofthe car and has a handwheel, 19, on its outer end. By turning this screwthe ends may be tightened against the sides, and I prefer to provide agasket, 20, (see Fig. XL) between .ends and sides to insure atightjoint.

As stated, the side 6 extends from end to end of the car, and the side5from each end of the car to the corresponding side of the door 2. In

order to make the side 5 of the trough continution shown in Fig. I whennot in use, so as to be out of the way.

A miter-joint,.24, is made between the strip 21 and the respective innerends of the side 5, (see Fig. II,) and it will be seen that bytightening on the screw 22 tight joints will be made between the strips21 and the side 5, and the side thus be made continuous; and when it isdesired to open the door it can be done, as the strip 21 will moveoutward away from the side 5. This strip and the manner of tightening itisalso illustrated in Fig. XI, where the miter-joints, however, are notshown.

When it is desired to use the car for large stock, there would be nocentral floor, and when it is desired for small stock there would bepreferably a central floor. For this reason I have provided a centralfloor which is capable of being folded up when not desired for use,and'which may be folded down when desired for use. This floor isrepresented in Fig. V by the figure 26. It is composed of a number ofsections, 27, as shown in Fig. II, each section being hinged at itsouter end to the side of the car, as shown at 28 in Figs. IV and IX.These sections may be folded up against the side of the car, as shown inFig. V, when it is desired to use the car for large stock. The sections27 opposite the doors 2 are hinged to theadjacent edge's'of the next twosections at 29. These two sections are folded back onto the adjoiningsections and folded upward with the latter. 3

Each section 27 is divided at the center, as indicated at 30, Fig. II,half of each folding against each side of the car. As a central supportfor these sections, I secure timbers 31 along the middle of andlengthwise of the car, these timbers beingsupported at the middle bymeans of a hanger, '32, (see Fig. V,) which has a 1 head, 33, (see Figs.V and V1,) which receives the respective timbers 31. The timbers may befurther supported at their ends by resting on a cross piece, 34, securedto the ends of the car, and they may be supported between the ends andcentral hanger by means of hangers 35, hinged at 36 to the roof of thecar and at 37 to the strips 31. There are two of these hangers 35, asshown in Fig. I, and when the sections 27 are folded, as described,these hangers may be folded, and the timbers 31, which are divided atthe middle of the car, folded with them against the top of the car, asshown by dotted lines in Fig. I, and may be tied there by a suitablecord or cable, '38. It will thus be seen that I furnish a central floorfor the car which can be folded up when not in use. The end'sections,27, of the floor, instead of being hinged to the side of the car, arepreferably hinged at 39 to the ends of the car, (see right-hand side ofFig. I,) so as to fold against the end of the car, as 'shown by dottedlines 40.

To provide troughsfor the floor 26, I secure sides 41 (see Figs. IV, V,VI, VII, IX, and X) against the sides of the car, just above the floor26, and sides 42, hinged at 43 to timbers 44, which support the outerends of the sec- .t-ions 27 of the floor 26, and to which the sec tionsare hinged at 28, as stated. When the.

sections 27 are folded against the sides of the ear, these sides 42 arefolded against the sides 41, as shown in Figs. IV and X. The sides 41 42extend from each end of the car to the corresponding side of the door,and the troughs are provided with ends 45, hinged at 46 to the sides 41,as shown in Figs. VII and VIII. To provide a means of opening the endsand closing them, I have secured thereto cords or ropes 49,-that extendaround "the door-posts, as shown in Figs. VII and VIII, and which aresecured to the ends by staples 50. It will thus be seen that by pullingon the ropes either way the ends may be opened or closed. The troughsbeing substantially triangular in cross-section, the ends 45 of courseare likewise substantially triangular.

The ends are shown folded in detail, Figs.

VII and X, and are shown open in detail,

Figs. VIII and IX.

The sides 42 of the trough are prevented from turning outward too far bystops 51. (See Figs. IX and X.) v

53 represents buttons secured to the top of the'car. for holding thesections 27 of the floor 26 in their folded position. v

54 represents elongated staples, upon which the hangers are secured, andwhich permit the hangers to be moved laterally, if desired, and whichallow them to be folded up against the roof of the car.

I claim as my invention- 1'. In a stock-ear, the lower troughsconsisting each of a stationary side, 5, folding side 6, and means forlowering the side 6, consisting of a shaft with means for turning it,and a cord connecting the side to the shaft, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. In a stock-car, in combination with a trough formed of a stationaryside, 5, and folding side 6, a cord, 10, pulley 11, shaft 12, and meansfor turning the shaft, substantially as and for the .purpose'set forth.

3. In a stock-ear, the trough formed of a stationary side, 5, andfolding side 6, in combination with a cord, 10, pulley 11, shaft 12,pinion 13, worm-wheel 14, and shaft 15 16, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. In a stock-car, a trough formed "of sides IIO 5 6 and ends, incombination with screws 18 for adjusting the ends relative to the sides,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a stock-car, a trough formed of an outer folding side, 6, and aninner side, 5, the

latter being made in sections, in combination with a door-strip, 21, andscrew 22, substantially as and for the purpose set forth,

6. In a stock-car, the combination of the 5 floor 26, formed of sections27, hinged to fold against the body of the car, folding timbers 31,folding hangers 35, and fastening 38, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. In a stock-car, a trough formed of sta- 10 tionary side 41, hingedside 42, and hinged ends 45, the ends being adapted to fold against thestationary side, and the hinged side being adapted to fold against theends when not in use, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 15

8. In a stock-car, a trough formed of a stationary side, 41, hinged side42, and hinged ends 45, in combination with cords or ropes 49 for movingthe ends, substantially as and 'for the purpose set forth,

ADAM G. MINGES. In presence of SAML. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT.

